Ashleigh Banfield Considering Legal Action After Katie Couric Confesses To ‘Derailing’ Her Career At NBC
Oct. 4 2021, Published 2:55 p.m. ET
Executives inside NBC are freaking out following Katie Couric’s explosive claims in her new memoir. Breaking Celebrity News has learned the network bigwigs are frightened that the former host may have exposed them to legal problems, especially when it comes to Ashleigh Banfield.
“Ashleigh Banfield is closely re-examining her time at NBC in light of Katie’s confessions, including taking legal advice surrounding her ousting from the network that happened without any explanation,” sources tell Breaking Celebrity News. “Katie’s new book has not only opened up moral questions why she was allowed to bully junior staff members but also legal questions that management will need to answer.”
Couric made headlines after admitting to giving Ashleigh the cold shoulder in her memoir, Going There, in which she stated that supporting a younger, cuter female staffer would have been “self-sabotage.”
Banfield and her signature dark glasses quickly became a rising star when she joined MSNBC in 2000. It wasn’t long before she caught the attention of the bosses at NBC, and, unfortunately, "mean girl" Couric too.
It wasn’t long before Banfield seemingly fell out of favor with the top brass, and now, it appears she knows why.
“What Katie did was a disgrace. But those in charge allowed it to happen. There has to be consequences for this behavior," the insider tells Breaking Celebrity News.